Transportation in London (unit 1 and unit 5) Starter questions a) Getting started: Read the questions below and tick your answer. 1. Have you ever been to a big city like Paris or New York? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t. 2. Have you ever been on a tube/subway/underground? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t. 3. Have you ever travelled on your own, e.g. to another city? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t. 4. Have you ever had a problem with public transport? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t. 5. Have you ever been to the city of London? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t. b) Find a partner and share your answers with him or her. Underground in London a) Read the informative texts below. b) Which line is it? Go online and try to find out more so you can match the texts with the lines. 1. This line opened in 1884 and the trains were powered by steam. A round trip on this line lasts an average of one hour. Victoria is the busiest tube station on this line. 3 Piccadilly line Colour: 2. It was London’s first underground line in London, and the busiest station on this line is King’s Cross. This line holds the record for the longest distance between two stations; the distance from Chesham to Chalfont and Latimer is 6.26 km (3.8 miles). Circle line Colour: 3. When it opened in 1906, the line had a very long name. This line holds the record for the shortest distance between two stations; the distance between Leicester Square and Covent Garden is only 0.26 km (0.16 miles). Victoria line Colour: 4. This line opened in 1969 and it’s 21.2 km (13.25 miles) long. The station Victoria is the busiest one on this line, especially in the morning. At least 34,000 people enter this station every day. During peak periods trains run every two minutes. Metropolitan line Colour: c) Were you right? Listen to the audio and check your answers. d) Listen again and write down the colours of each of the lines. 9584q8 1 Info An underground is a system of electric trains which travel under the surface of the ground. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway in the world (1863). Although it is called Underground 55% of it runs on the surface of the ground. It is also called the Tube because the round tunnels look like tubes. i 2 2.25 g5jg2m 128 16 Unit Fact detectives one hundred and twenty-eight Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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